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H. T. KINGSLEY MECHANICAL TOY Filed March 1 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1mlenio'z Gamma Feb. 2 1923.

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H. T. KINGSLEY MECHANICAL TOY Filed March 1922 3 sheets-sheet 5 PatentedFeb. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES HAROLD T. KINGSLEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

MECHANICAL TOY.

Application filed March 16, 1922.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD T. Kinesnnr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of i i ayne and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Mechanical Toy,of which the following is a specification. reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a mechanical toy and more particularly to a toyadapted to mechanically produce music.

It is one of the objects of my invention to provide such a devicesuitably housed within a toy person so as to render the working partsthereof invisible when in operation.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a device adaptedto play a number of tunes and also to produce the effect of a musicianplaying upon a musical instrun'ient.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a device ofsimple and compact structure and whereby the operation of the same willbe entirely automatic and continuous.

iVith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in thearrangement, com bination and construction of the various parts of myimproved device as described in the specification, claimed in my claimsand shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation showing a toy person and toy mechanicalinstrument being played by said person.

Fig. i? is simiinr View sho' ing the operation and construction of thearm on the toy person,

Fig. 3 is sectional View of the toy person showing in elevation theoperating mechanism mounted therein.

Fig. slis top or plan view of the said operating mechanism.

Fi 5 is a rear view of the same.

6 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 7 is a view looking upwardly from the bottom of the said mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a view taken on line 8-S of Fig. 3.

l have shown a toy musician 1, suppo1ting with his left hand 2 atrombone 3 held at the mouth l of the musician.

I have shown the musician l, as standing upon a block and provide abrace or support 6 having variations 7 and 8 there- Serial No. 544,289.

in and extending through the body of the musician so as to strengthenthe same. The brace 6 is provided with screw threads 9 on its lower endand a nut 10 is screwed thereon so to hold the same firmly in place.

Protruding through the back 11 of the musician is a shaft 12 having akey 18 on one end thereof and extending through a bearing l l to theinside of the musician. The inner end thereof is provided with a gear 15meshing with a gear 16 on the end of the shaft 17 which shaft extends toand operably connects with a coil spring 18 supported on a mounting 19so that rotation of the key 13 will cause the spring 18 to be coiled.

also mounted on the shaft 17 is a gear 20 adapted to be rotated by theuncoiiing of the spring 18 and meshing with a gear 21 on the shaft 22.The outer end of the shaft 22 is provided with awheel 23 to which isconnected at 2% a rod 25, which rod is connected at its opposite end toa bellows 26 so that uncoiling of the spring 18 will cause rotation ofthe wheel 23 and pitman like movei'nent of the rod 25 thus opening andclosing the bellows 26 so as to produce a current of air thereby. Thiscurrent of air passes out of the bellows at 27 through a tube or hoseconnection 28 into the coutainer or valve housing 29 within which arelocated a series 0' valves 30 the alternate openingand closing of whichwill altcn nately permit the passage of the air there througn so as toproduce musical notes The valves 30 are of old and well knownconstruction including in their structure the customary reeds, and arenot here described in detail.

The musical notes thus produced by the passage of air through the valves30 will pass therefrom into the container 99 through a tube or hoseconnection 31 into the trombone 3, at 32 and out through the flaredportion 33 thereof.

in order to give the notes passing through the trombone 3 a tromboneeffect, I have provided a pair of plates 93 in the passage way of thetrombone having a series of perfor-ations 3d therein. Between the saidplates 93, I interpose 2 or 3 sheets of relatively thin paper asillustrated by the nun-c-ral 35. This will cause the music issuing iromthe trombone to have a natural sound in orde; to control the valves 80and cerrespondingly the musical notes emitted therethrough, I haveprovided a gear 38 mounted on the shaft 37 and adapted to mesh with agear 38 on the shaft 17. Also provided on the shaft 87 is a gear 39adapted to mesh with the gear s -O on the shaft .41. The shaft 41 isoperably connected at one end with a cylinder 12 so that Lmcoiling ofthe spring 18 will cause movement through the shaft 17, the gears 38, 39and d through the shaft 11 to the cylinder 12 thereby causing the saidcylinder to rotate.

The cylinder 1-2 is provided with a series of projections L3 thereonadapted to engage prongsddon the ends of the rocker arms which arms areadapted to rock on pivots -t'. Certain of the rocker arms are providedwith heads 17 to act upon the valves 230 and others are adapted to beattached as at 4-8 to rod i9 and at 50 to red 51 as is more particularlyshown in Figs. 1, and G. A it will thus be seen that the projections 4-3on the cylinder 42 will control through the heads 47 the opening andclosing of the valves and may be so arranged as to cause the propervalves to open specified tin'res so as to produce the proper sequencesof musical notes in the production of a musical tone.

the rod 1-9 attached to one of the rocker arms d5 is connected through aseries of jointed arms or rods 52, 53, and 54., said latter arm beingpivoted as at 97 to a wire or similar connection 55 passing over aroller 71 secured within the body of the n'iusician and leading to theslide portion 56 of the trombone so that rotation of the cylinder 4-2and connection of the projections 4:3 thereon with the prongs 44 willcause movement of the said arms 4-9, 52, and 54- and the slide portion56 to be drawn inwardly on the portion 57 of the trombone. A spring 58provided in the said trombone and bearing against the portion 57 willcause the outward movement of the said portion 56 when the inwardpressure thereon is released thus giving a reciprocating motion theretoas happens with real trombones.

The hand 59 of the n'iusician will follow the portion 56 of the tromboneas is shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1 by r ason of the arm of themusician being made in two por tious 0 and 61 and pivoted at and (33.its will be seen in Fig. 2 the portion Gt) of the musicians arm encasedwithin the portion 61 thereof so that when the arm is straightened, theportion may recede within the portion 61.

The rod or arm 51 attached to one of the rocker arms 45 is connectedthrough the V shaped rod or arm (r-t to a wire or other sii'aiilarconnection 65 and leading over the rollers (56 and 67 secured within thebody of the musician to a connection 68 on the in o l r to secure theabove mentioned mechanisms 'ithm the musician 1, I have provided a bar 72 fastened to the inner side of the musician and being bent to form aportion 73 so as to form a supporting arm in which the shaft 41 isjournalled at one end at 7-1; and to which the container 29 is securedas at 75. i also provide a member "it; having an arm '2"? extendingtherefrom and in which the opposite end of too shaft 4-1 is journalledas at 78 and to which the container 29 may be secured as at 79. Thesetwo members 72 and 76 form the main support for the entire operatingmechanism within the musicia it will thus be seen that I have provided acompact and complete toy adapted to automatically perform the motions ofa trombone player and to produce musical tones. i wish it understoodthat the projections 4-3 on the cylinder may be varied so as to producean assortment of musical tones and that the gearing mechanisms operatingthe bellows 26 and the cylinder 42 may be arranged as desired in so faras sizes are concerned in order to regulate the speed at which thevarious mechanisms shall operate according to the desires of the makeror user.

it is obv'ous that various changes may be made in the a1rangementcombination and construction of the various parts of mv impmved devicewithout departing from the spirit of the invention therein and it is mvintention to cover by my claims such changes as may be reasonablyincluded within the scope thereof.

Vi hat I claim is:

1. In combination, a toy person, having encased therein a bellows, acylinder and 21 valve housing, said housing containing a plu ality ofair chambers having reed blocks and valves for operating the same,spring mechanisms adapted to operate said bellows for forcing air intosaid housing and valves and to operate said cylinder and operating armsconnecting said cylinder and valves, adapted on movement of saidcylinder to regulate the opening and closing of said valves. l

2. In combination. a toy person. having encased therein a bellows, acylinder and a valve housing, said housing containing a plurality of airchambers having reed blocks and valves for operating the same, springmechanisms adapted to operate said bellows for forcing air into saidhousing and said valves and to rotate said cylinder, the cylinder havinga plurality of projections thereon, and rocker arms connected with andextending over said valves and said cylinder, adapted to be actuated bysaid projections on the cylinder and when so operated to alternatelyopen and close said valves.

3. In combination, a toy person, having encased therein a bellows, acylinder and a valve housing, said housing containing a plurality of airchambers having reed blocks and valves for operating the same, springmechanisms adapted to operate said bellows for forcing air into saidhousing and valves and to operate said cylinder and operating armsconnecting said cylinder andvalves, adapted on movement of said cylinderto regulate the opening and closing of said valves and means leadingfrom said valve housing for carrying the sound produced by said valvesto a toy musical instrument held by said toy person.

4. In combination, a toy person, having encased therein a bellows, acylinder and a valve housing, said housing containing a plurality of airchambers having reed blocks and valve for operating the same, springmechanisms adapted to operate said bellows for forcing air into saidhousing and valves and to operate said cylinder, and operating armsconnecting said cylinder and valves adapted on movement of said cylinderto regulate the opening and closing of said valves and means leadingfrom said valve housing for carrying the sound produced by said valvesto a toy musical instrument held by said toy person, said toy musicalinstrument having perforated members therein with relatively thin sheetsof material held therebet-ween to produce a trombone tone effect.

5. In combination, a toy person, a toy musical instrument with a slidel'llQll'llJGl held thereby, and a mechanical means encased in saidperson adapted to move said slide member of the musical instrnn'ient inone direction and a spring member bearing upon the aforesaid slideadapted to move it in the opposite direction.

6. In combination, a toy person, having encased therein a bellows, a.cylinder and a valve housing, said housing containing a plurality of airchambers having reed blocks and valves for operating the same, springmechanisms adapted to operate said bellows for forcing air into saidhousing and valves,

and to operate said cylinder, and operating arms connecting saidcylinder and valves adapted on movement of said cylinder to regulate theopening and closing of said valves, a toy musical instrument having aslide member held by said toy person, and further operating armsoperated by the cylinder and adapted to actuate said slide member.

7. In combination, a toy person, having encased therein a bellows, acylinder and a valve housing, said housing containing a plurality of airchambers having reed blocks and valves for operating the same, springmechanisms adapted to ope ate said bellows for forcing air into saidhousing and valves and to operate said cylinder, and operating armsconnecting said cylinder and valves adapted 011 movement of saidcylinder to regulate the opening and closing of said valves, said toyperson having a hinged foot thereon, and further operating arms operatedby the cylinder and adapted to actuate said foot.

8. In combination, a toy person, having encased therein a bellows, acylinder and a valve housing, said valve housing containing a pluralityof air chambers having reed blocks and valves for operating the same,spring mechanisms adapted to operate said bellows for forcing air intosaid housing and valves and to operate said cylinder, and operating armsconnecting said cylinder and valves adapt-ed on movement of saidcylinder to regulate the opening and closing of said valves, said toyperson having a hinged foot thereon, a toy musical instrument having aslide member thereon supported by said toy person, and further operatingarms oper ated by the cylinder and adapted to simultaneously actuateboth said foot and said slide.

9. In combination, a toy person having encased therein a valve housingcontaining a plurality of reed chambers and valves for operating thesan'ie, spring nieclnmiians adapted to operate a bellows for forcing airinto said housing and said chan'ibers and to operate a cylinder havingmeans thereon for regulating the opening and closing of said valves,said toy person having a hinged foot thereon and also supporting a toymusical instrument having slidingmember thereon, both said hinged footand said slidable member being adapted to be actuated by similarregulating means on said cylinder.

HAROLD T. KINGSLEY.

